Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Peelbot


 * The following discussion is an archived debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. The result of the discussion was Symbol keep vote.svg Approved.

Peelbot
Operator: Mike Peel

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic tagging, manual selection of pages

Programming Language(s): AutoWikiBrowser with User:Kingboyk's plugin

Function Summary: Tagging the talk pages of physics-related articles with, also in people-related categories (e.g. Category:American physicists).

Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): Overnight (approx 9pm-7am GMT, potentially starting/stopping later depending on workload and my schedule), but not every night.

Edit rate requested: 6 edits per minute max

Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N

Function Details: See function summary above. Note that I've already made a large number of such edits with my normal user account - see Special:Contributions/Mike Peel. I'm sort of experimenting - I plan to use the bot for other things in the future for as yet unknown activites, which I'll seek approval for as/when needed.

Discussion
Sure, post a couple diffs, this seems like a routine approval -- Tawker 08:07, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm awaiting AWB authorization on the new account; I'll post diffs using that account once that's been approved. A couple of sample diffs from the exact setup that peelbot will use, run under my account: adding  and ,  adding just  to an article that's already tagged as physics,  adding just  where  is already present. An older edit: , where I'm just tagging with  . Mike Peel 09:28, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Diffs from Peelbot:
 * adding to pages. Also set to add WPBiography where appropriate, or change the variables to the latest ones if necessary, hence the rearranging of that template. That would not happen in non-WPBiography categories.
 * adding both Template:Physics and Template:WPBiography. Note that I would just add WPBiography when tagging with Physics, or checking through physics categories. I will not be tagging non-physics categories.
 * Mike Peel 19:02, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Looks good, you want a flag with that? -- Tawker 19:38, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Please. Mike Peel 20:55, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Would there be a problem with starting to use this bot account now, in manual AWB mode? Note that I'd make edits during the day instead of the night, as I can't (yet) sleep-edit - only my computer can do that. I'd only be making about 1 edit per minute in that case, as per the rate of editing on my account. I guess that this would be similar to a trial run; should I wait until that's been approved before making edits? I'm guessing that I should only ask for "bot" status at AWB to run the bot in automatic mode once it's been fully approved here. Mike Peel 10:13, 19 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Symbol keep vote.svg Approved; the bot shall run with a flag.  Voice -of- All  17:13, 19 November 2006 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.